Hey guys! I'm sorry this took so long, I've been trying to edit this for a while but I kept making changes.
Speaking of which, I'd like to thank xroselessthornsx for helping me with that!
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this story!
Alarm clocks are annoying. Why can't I sleep longer?
Oh yeah, school. I rolled over. Shit, why did summer vacation have to end so quickly? I groaned and sat up while rubbing my eyes.
"Night, get up!" my older sister called. Her voice made my ears ring. I was already awake anyways…
Suddenly, the door burst open and a glaceon dressed in her school uniform appeared.
"Oh, you're already awake. Whoops." She shrugged, and walked back out of the room.
I got dressed and headed down to the dining room, still grumpy.
"Good morning!" I looked in the direction of the voice, seeing my mother drinking coffee.
"Hi." I mumbled, sitting down and halfheartedly shoveling my food into my mouth. The comforting taste of my mother's breakfast didn't help my mood about going to school much.
"Cheer up, son." I looked up to see my dad peeking through the doorway from the comfortable recliner in the living room.
"Just remember to make friends. And try to get a girlfriend this year!"
"Dad, I already have friends, you don't have to tell me this every school year." I ignored his girlfriend comment and my response was greeted with a low chuckle, which worsened my mood.
The rest of the morning went by normally, and soon my sister and I were slowly walking towards the bus stop in silence. Suddenly, my sister let out an ear piercing squeal, filling me with a sudden sense of panic and surprise.
"Isn't that Jolt?" I glanced up to see the aforementioned jolteon talking with a group of people near the bus stop.
Jolt was already in his 11th year of school, while I was still in my 9th. I've never spoke to him before, but I knew a lot about him from my sister. Her knowledge also included his exact height and weight, which was mildly disturbing…
"Shiver, you talk to him every single day. You don't need to act like he's a famous celebrity each time you see him." I yawned, irritated by her daily gawking routine. I couldn't announce my irritations to her since when I glanced up she had already left and joined the group of people who were gathered around him.
I shrugged and continued towards the bus stop. When I arrived, I made sure to stay away from the group. I didn't want people to think I was one of his 'fans'.
I heard somebody calling my name, which knocked me out of my thoughts. "Night, is that you?" I glanced up to see a familiar croconaw making his way towards me.
One of my annoying "friends", who just talk about girls and video games all day. I generally play RPGs over first person shooters. Acting like I know what they're talking about is simple unless a group of them begin tossing the conversation around like a basketball game.
"I haven't seen you since before summer break! Where were you?"
I thought for a second, carefully choosing my next words before answering. "I was visiting my aunt". I preferred to avoid all contact with them.
They're honestly rude and, despite the selfishness of this, I only hang out with them so that I don't stand out.
"Flow, Night!" I glanced around to see a kadabra charging at us at full speed. Oh great, that's Gir. He's really fast though, which is surprising for a psychic type.
He does have a slight issue with stopping though, and speaking of which…
"Oh shit…" I muttered, pushing away using my hind legs as I tried in vain to jump out of the way in time. The kadabra barreled into me, sending me flying.
The group of fans behind me separated as I flew past them and hit the ground with a thud.
"Ow…" I groaned due to my throbbing head and slowly opened my eyes. I was greeted with the sight of a jolteon staring down at me. "Who's this little umbreon?"
"That's my little brother, Night!" I heard my sister pipe up to the left of me.
He leaned down until his muzzle was a tiny bit too close to mine.
"Hmm…. he's kind of cute!"
I immediately jumped away from him, landing back on all fours. "Wh-what?" I could feel my face heating up.
Wh-what is he doing?
"What's wrong, cutie? I think you might have a fever, your face is turning red…" He paused, leaning closer to my face. "Want me to check for you?"
I could feel everyone glaring daggers at me, and I started backing away.
"I-I'm not… I'm straight!" I squeaked, paws scrabbling across the ground as I quickly pushed through the mass of people.
I got back to my group of 'friends' who didn't even try to help me. My heart was pounding fast as I recalled what just happened.
We were a bit farther away from the group than before and I could hear the other two giggling.
"Dude, he was flirting with you!" Gir said, cackling. I heard Flow snicker to the left of me, and I glared at him.
The bus pulled up.
"I didn't think you were into guys! No wonder you never talk about girls!"
The bus doors opened.
"It wasn't my fault that happened! You could at least apologize!" I yelled at them, more at Gir than the snickering croconaw before I made my way into the bus before anyone else.
I probably shouldn't have done that… Now I'm going to have to find out how to make it up to them since, knowing them, they aren't going to apologize… Damnit, this is going to be annoying.
I sighed and sat down close to the back.
If nobody is missing today, then the bus should be completely full, which doesn't sound like fun to me.
People started coming onto the bus and I forced myself to relax into my seat. Maybe I should try to make friends with someone, like dad said!
...That's definitely not going to happen.
The bus was almost full but I couldn't see Flow or Gir. Are they seriously going to skip school? They were already at the bus stop…
I heard footsteps towards the front of the bus, and the two were heading onto the bus with their heads bowed. As they approached me, they lifted their heads and they were… shaking?
"I'm so sorry!" They said in unison, and scampered off to sit down in a seat near the front.
I blinked, confused. What just happened?
"Well, it looks like they did apologize." I looked up, to see Jolt, and my face heated up immediately.
Stop that, body. I don't like it.
"W-well, they had to, eventually…" That's a lie, I could have just pretended that it never happened, and hope that they forgot.
"I guess so!" Jolt said cheerfully, as he sat down next to me. Wait, what?
"Hey, are you alright?" Jolt asked me, with a concerned expression on his face.
"O-oh, me? Yeah, I'm fine…. Why are you sitting there?" My words almost came out jumbled as I sputtered that out quickly, slightly panicking.
He laughed, "I wanted to sit next to you, of course." He gave a sly smirk, which caused my pelt to heat up slightly. e
"Nah, all the other seats were full. But it works out."
I sighed, and forced myself to calm down. The bus ride will only take like half an hour. It's fine. Calm down.
Just as the wheels of the bus started turning, I felt a sudden weight against my side. I quickly turned to see Jolt leaning against me, resting his head on my shoulder.
"W-What are you doing?" I meant to yell at him, but my voice was lowered to a quiet whimper out of nervosity.
"Your fur is comfortable." was all he said, as he nuzzled into me.
"Stop!" I whispered, trying in vain to move away, but he had me pinned to the side of the bus.
He simply laughed at my reaction. "No thanks, it's a lot of fun to mess with you!". After this sentence, he didn't move away for the whole bus ride. Not even when he started talking to someone!
I could feel the glares of most of the people on the bus, making a shiver travel down my spine. Why is he so persistent? I just want to have a normal school year…
Jolt's warm pelt was still brushing against mine as I got off the bus. That thankfully ended when he was dragged away by some girls. Well, that settles that.
I was thinking of heading to the auditorium when I heard an extremely loud voice coming from a bench in the distance calling me.
"FLOW! GIR! NIGHT!" I saw the last of my 'friends', Tail, who was a swellow, and he was obviously quite good at yelling.
I was joined by Gir and Flow, and together we headed towards the flying type who was waiting with an impatient look in his eyes.
"Guys! Did you buy the new Igneous game?" He asked, hopping around. He seemed excited.
"Yeah! It's not as good as good as the last game, but it's great!" Flow laughed.
Gir just shrugged. "It didn't seem like my kind of game."
I sat back, as they spoke among themselves.
A sudden bell tolling rung through the grounds and I immediately jumped up. "Guys, it's starting soon!" They all quickly got up and ran towards the building, leaving me to run after them.
I was sitting away from the other three, as they had taken a row of three seats. I ended up sitting on one of the benches to the side. Huh, I wonder what they're going to talk about?
The student council president, a female lopunny, headed onto the stage. All the guys apparently had a massive crush on her. I-including me, of course! I mean, she's perfectly… female?
She explained that new transfers would be able to room in the school, but I live close enough to home.
"Most of you have already received your class list, so if you haven't already, please pick it up at the front desk!" Shiver and I already got ours in the mail last week.
"One last thing, valentine's day is next week! Every 11th and 12th grade students please get a name from the front desk! If there's anyone specific you have in mind, please talk to me before all the names are gone! Now, let's all have a great year!"
The crowd erupted into applause, and everyone slowly filed out. I didn't want to have to bother talking to the other three, so I hurried out with the rest of the crowd.
Ugh, the valentine's day thing was really annoying. My sister told me what happened to her during Valentine's Day on the previous two years of school. Apparently some guy on the battling team gave her chocolates in the 9th, and how in the 10th, she got flowers from a girl she had never spoken to before. The names are randomly chosen, or you can ask for someone specific, so you never know if the person likes you or not. It's pointless, but it's a tradition in this school apparently.
I hope that I don't get picked by anyone, although that was inevitable. Although… if they had more lowerclassmen than upperclassmen, would it be possible?
I headed to my first classroom, which was I'm horrible at it, I still enjoy the class.
My chemistry teacher was a lot of fun! She was a medicham, and we did a bunch of chemistry stuff instead of just writing stuff down the entire time.
Luckily, the rest of the day was also uneventful. I sat at the same table with my 'friends' as usual, and spoke about the usual things.
I sat in my usual seat on the bus home, and I took the usual path home.
I'm completely fine with that. Just having an existence like this, where I'm not different from anyone else.
"So, how was your day at school?" My mum asked, like usual.
"It was good." Like any other day, I answered the same thing. It'll be good to get back into the swing of things.
My sister was, however, slightly sobbing beside me.
"I… I think Jolt is in love with Night!" She ran off to her room, and I was left there, stunned. My mother gave me a knowing smirk,
"I'm not gay!" I quickly ran up to my room.
I lie down on my bed, and sank into my pillow.
I had never gone out with anyone in my life, making the chances that my mother thought I was gay even larger.
I groaned.
I could hear my sister crying in her room, so I sighed and walked over to her door before knocking.
"Wh-who is it?" My sister yelled, and I just rolled my eyes.
"It's Night, can I come in?" I have to return things to normal.
"Go away!" She screamed, and I could hear her sobbing louder.
"Listen, I don't have a crush on Jolt, so you don't have to worry about that!" I heard her sobbing slow down, before she got up and opened the door a tiny bit.
"R-really?" Her tear filled eyes looked a little bit hopeful.
"Yes, now will you stop crying?" She looked like she was about to agree, but then she narrowed her eyes.
"B-but Jolt still likes you!" Before she could slam the door, I quickly pushed it open, to my surprise. Before I could register what just happened, Shiver was once again lying on the bed and crying. Her room was quite clean, with a wardrobe, a shelf with an assortment of objects, her bed, of course, and one or two posters of some popular band.
I sighed, and lowered my head. This was going to take a while…
I sat down on a chair before speaking. "What makes you think that Jolt even likes me?" I felt a bit awkward talking about someone liking me, but if it'll make things go back to normal, then I'll do it.
"He… He wouldn't stop talking about you! He kept a-asking me questions about you!
She let her head drop back into the pillow.
"Listen, he probably got my name randomly picked my name for the valentine's day thing and he doesn't know what to get for me."
Her head perked up. "D-do you really think so?" I nodded, before heading towards the door.
"Yeah, don't worry about it. Afterall, I hardly know the guy." I left her room and shut the door behind me. That actually didn't take as long as I thought…
I shook my head. I should probably get some fresh air, this is more drama then I was expecting for today.
"I'm going out!" I called, and with that, I jumped out the door. It was a bit cold, but I could handle it.
I headed for the park, where I usually went when I needed to calm down. As I walked I saw a few pokemon like machoke and kricketune. Frustration filled me as I thought about how they get to walk on only two legs, while I have to walk on all four. Things are way more practical for them.
Pushing my thoughts aside, I finally arrived at the park. It was easy to find a good patch of grass to relax in and I did just that.
The clouds were getting darker. That's most likely a sign that I should probably be heading home soon. But I just got here, I don't want to just leave right away.
"I'll go into the goal!" I glanced up when I heard a voice in the distance. I thought this place was empty… I glanced to my right to see a few pokemon playing some game with a ball.
I wasn't sure about that since I didn't even know what they were doing, but their arrival means my departure. My feet were slow as I moved along the cool pavement, but they soon quickened when I heard a familiar voice. "Hah, another goal for me!"
"Shit, what's he doing here?" I muttered under my breath. I went here to get away from the drama around him! I sighed in relief as I neared the exit, but my relief was short lived as I heard a voice calling.
"Hey you! Look out!"
I looked up to be greeted by something slamming into my skull, accompanied by the hard floor as I fell down onto the pavement.
"Shit…" My head was throbbing and everything was spinning. When I tried to stand up, my paws slipped out from under me and I got a sick feeling in my stomach.
"Hey, are you okay?" I heard a voice near me, and I turned around slowly. The figure was hard to make out, but it was apparent by the voice accompanying it. Jolt.
"Hey, you're… Night?" Okay, leave right now. Just go.
"Yeah, I'm… fine!" I started to walk slowly towards the exit trying to stop myself from falling over. This failed miserably as I hit a pole, making my throbbing headache worse and also making me fall back to the ground.
"Oww…." I muttered, and I slipped as I tried to get back up. I heard a low chuckle as I tried once again to get back up.
"Here, let me help you." I was assisted to my feet, before getting slung over Jolt's back. "Hey, wh-what are you doing?!" I flailed my legs, but I couldn't get off of him.
"Calm down, I'm just carrying you home."He started walking, and I whimpered as I tried in vain to be released.
We arrived at my house and I felt a bit better, but I still remembered the shame and embarrassment of being carried by Jolt.
"A-alright, you can let me down now…" I muttered, but he simply ignored me and rang the doorbell. My eyes widened as I heard pawsteps approaching and I desperately tried to get off of the electric type. My struggles were in vain and soon the door opened, my dad appearing where the door once was. "Hello, I came to drop off your son?" My dad raised an eye ridge before he stepped aside to let Jolt walk through the door, with me still on his back.
"He can't walk right now, so do you mind if I carry him upstairs?"
"S-sure, stay as long as you want…" My dad, confused, told him the directions to my room. Jolt said a quick "thanks" before carefully going up the stairs and locating my room. After he dropped my on my bed, I groaned and turned away from him.
"I said you could put me down, I don't feel dizzy anymore. Now he probably got the wrong idea…"
"What 'wrong idea' could he have possibly gotten?" He asked, getting a sigh out of me.
"He probably thinks that we like each other, or something like that." How do I get myself out of this? I'll try to get him to leave, sort this out with my dad, and…
I turned to face the ceiling, to be greeted by the sight of Jolt standing above me.
"But we do like each other." Jolt was smirking above me, and I felt myself light up once again.
"N-no we don't. Now, y-you should p-probably go…" I tried to push him away, but he didn't budge.
"Have you ever kissed anyone, Night?" He asked.
"Wh-what? Uh… no…" I muttered, looking away from him. What does he want?
"Night," He caught my gaze, and smirked once again, before leaning forwards…
My breathing picked up as his face slowly moved closer and closer to mine. My heart felt ready to burst from my chest and I shut my eyes, nervousness filling every cell of my body.
The sound of laughter made my eyes shoot open and I saw the jolteon fall backwards onto his ass. "I've always wanted a gay friend!"
I quickly sat up, scooting away from him. "Wh-what? I'm not gay!"My face burned brighter as I felt frustration build up inside me. What's this guy's problem?
He stopped laughing and stared me straight in the eye. "Dude, you're gay." He said simply. "You looked so excited when I was about to kiss you…" he said with a smirk.
I gulped, "I was forced into all of that! A-and I was just preparing myself… w-with the…" I trailed off, unable to hold his gaze. "C-could you go now?"
Jolt shook his head. "Not until I convince you that you're gay." He looked very determined, and I rolled my eyes. "Can't you do that somewhere else?"
He tilted his head. "I do feel like eating pizza… Alright, we'll continue this talk tomorrow. I'm going out for some pizza. Bye!" He hopped off the bed, and left the house.
I sat there for a minute, blinking. Well, that was easy.
Suddenly, Shiver stormed into the room, her face flushed. "What did Jolt want? Are you two together now? Did you two… do it?"
My face turned red. "Shiver! We didn't do any of those things, and he just helped me back home after he accidentally hit me with a ball."
"Oh… okay!" And she left.
Later, I went down for dinner, sitting at the table, with the rest of my family. I slowly ate my food.
"Did you make sure to use protection?" My mum suddenly asked, making me blush as I recalled what happened. "Wh-what do you mean?" I looked straight down at my food, trying to hide my blush.
"Condoms of course." I started coughing in surprise."
"You two had sex?!" Shiver shrieked, a look of anguish clear in her eyes.
My dad's eyes widened, he was clearly surprised. "I never thought you were gay, son."
Recovering from my coughing fit, I managed to speak, "We didn't have sex! And I'm not gay!" I yelled back, quickly standing up and running back upstairs. I tossed myself onto my bed and buried my head into the pillow.
"What's wrong with everyone?" I muttered, turning around to look up at the ceiling, and after a while, I accidentally fell asleep.
I woke up early the next morning, my sister was probably about to get up soon as well. I hopped out of bed and got ready, before heading downstairs, where my mum and dad were already long awake.
"You're up early." My dad inquired, drinking some water.
I rolled my eyes and sat down with my stomach growling. I didn't eat anything for dinner yesterday… "No, I went to bed early." My sister came down the stairs, taking her seat.
"You don't have a sense of humor anymore…" My dad mumbled.
I ate breakfast and I grabbed my bag, when the doorbell rang.
I went to open it, as I was leaving anyways. "Bye mum, bye dad!" I opened the door, and there stood…
"Hi Night!" Jolt said, grinning.
I shut the door. "Could I not go to school today?" I asked.
"Night, get your ass out that door right now!" I heard my mother yell from the kitchen, and I quickly left the house, closing the door behind me.
"So, where's your sister?" Jolt asked, walking next to me.
"She's coming soon…" I was curious as to why Jolt wanted to know.
"Alright, then let's run ahead a bit so we can talk in private!" He quickly grabbed me and started running, with me having little choice but to be dragged by him.
After a bit, he stopped, and started walking, while I was next to him, panting.
"So… why did we have to do that?" I asked, wondering as to why I was walking with him.
"So I can prove to you that you're gay!" Cheerfully, he smiled at me. I simply rolled my eyes. "How do you think you're going to do that?" I quickened my step, seeing the bus stop, where I knew he would be flooded by fan girls.
Jolt pondered for a bit, matching my pace. "I… I haven't gotten to that bit yet. Maybe… Kiss you when you aren't expecting it and see if you kiss back?"
I quickened my pace once again. "Do you seriously think I would let you do that?" I asked, not really caring much at this point.
Jolt laughed, walking as fast as me. "Well, you wouldn't be expecting it, that's for sure"
Just as we arrived, before Jolt could be flooded by people, the bus pulled up. "Damn it." I whispered under my breath, as people piled into the bus.
"Well, seems like we'll be sitting next to each other again!" I rolled my eyes and headed onto the bus. "Hey, slow down!"
So that was the first chapter of Difference...
I originally wrote this a VERY long time ago, but Loneliness wasn't finished yet so I didn't post it.
I really hope you guys enjoyed this though! I'll try to finish the next chapter sooner, although that one
just needs editing as well...
The next chapter of Sparks Will Fly might take a bit though, I barely even started on that...
Anyway, thanks for reading!
